Comparison of Quadriceps and Hamstring Muscle Strength after Exercises with and without Blood Flow Restriction following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Muscle mass loss occurs following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery.

Objective: To compare the gain in muscle strength in the quadriceps and hamstring muscles in patients following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery, using exercises with and without blood flow restriction.

Methods: This is a randomized controlled trial, in which 50% (n = 14) of the participants were allocated to the intervention group and the remaining 50% (n = 14) to the control group.

Electromyography of the Pectoralis Major Muscle after Surgical Reconstruction of Chronic Tendon Rupture.

 To evaluate the electrophysiological activity of the injured pectoralis major (PM) muscle of operated patients who perform weightlifting, more specifically bench press exercises, especially the activity of the clavicular and sternocostal portions of the PM.  All athletes in study I (10 patients) had unilateral complete ruptures during bench press exercises and a history of use of anabolic steroids, an association that is described in up to 86.7% of PM tendon ruptures.

Different amounts of moderate to vigorous physical activity and change in glycemic variability in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: is there dose-response relationship?

Objective: To identify the level of physical activity and glycemic variability of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and to compare glycemic variability on days with different amounts of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA).

Subjects And Methods: A sample of 34 subjects aged 10 to 15 years, 18 (52.94%) female; age: 13.

Clinical inertia on insulin treatment intensification in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients of a tertiary public diabetes center with limited pharmacologic armamentarium from an upper-middle income country.

Background: Clinical inertia is related to the difficulty of achieving and maintaining optimal glycemic control. It has been extensively studied the delay of the period to insulin introduction in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. This study aims to evaluate clinical inertia of insulin treatment intensification in a group of T2DM patients followed at a tertiary public Diabetes Center with limited pharmacologic armamentarium (Metformin, Sulphonylurea and Human Insulin).

A 12-wk follow-up study to evaluate the effects of mixing insulin lispro and insulin glargine in young individuals with type 1 diabetes.

Objective: This study was performed to compare in real-life conditions the serum profile of insulin lispro (IL) after a subcutaneous (SC) injection, separate and mixed with insulin glargine (IG), using a sensitive radioimmunoassay for the specific determination of serum IL, and to evaluate the 12-wk effect of the mixture on glycemic control in young individuals with type 1 diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: The IL serum profiles were evaluated in 10 individuals with type 1 diabetes [age 21.9 ± 3.

Aerobic exercise capacity and pulmonary function in athletes with and without type 1 diabetes.

Objective: To compare the aerobic exercise capacity and pulmonary function between athletes with and without type 1 diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: Fifty-one adult age-matched individuals were assessed in random order to the maximum volume of O(2) consumption (Vo(2 peak max)) (ml/kg/min), anaerobic threshold (ml/kg/min), peak pulmonary ventilation (Ve), heart rate (beats per min), time to exhaustion (min), forced vital capacity (FEV) (%), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) (%), total lung capacity (TLC) (%), and lung diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DL(CO)) (%). Individuals were 27 with type 1 diabetes: 15 athletes (ADM) and 12 nonathletes (NADM); and 24 healthy individuals: 12 ADM and 12 NADM.

Growth hormone replacement improves thyroxine biological effects: implications for management of central hypothyroidism.

Context: The biological significance of GH-induced changes in serum TH concentrations is unknown. It has been suggested that serum free T(4) (FT(4)) should be targeted at the high-normal range during GH replacement.

Objective: Our objective was to evaluate the effects of GH replacement on T(4) biological effects.

Aerobic exercise capacity in normal adolescents and those with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To compare the aerobic exercise capacity between normal adolescents and those with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

Methods: An experimental group with 72 individuals diagnosed with T1DM aged 9--20, time from diagnosis 4.9 +/- 3.

Early subclinical limited axial and large joint flexibility in type 1 diabetes mellitus adolescents.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the axial and large joint mobility in adolescents with and without type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1).

Patient And Methods: To check this relationship, 72 DM1 adolescents aged 9-20 years were admitted into the trial and compared with 46 healthy control subjects aged 10-18 years. The youths were compared with regard to anthropometrics (age, proportion female/male, weight, height, and BMI) data.